ELA (Nouns, Plot, & Novel Beginnings)
In Tuck Everlasting, the name "Treegap woods" belongs to this specific part of speech because it names a specific place
What is a proper noun?
This primary tool of political geography shows the boundaries, names, and capital cities of the United States.
What is a political map?
This is the first step of the scientific method, where a scientist uses their senses to notice something about the world.
What is making an observation?
In the multi-digit number 473,205, this is the exact value of the digit 7.
What is seventy thousand (70,000)?
The central mystery of our Catholic faith, which teaches us that there is one God in three Divine Persons.
What is the Holy Trinity?
In Charlotte's Web, Wilbur experiences deep isolation before meeting Charlotte, highlighting this structural element that tracks the sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
Starvation, disease, and ocean storms are examples of these types of barriers faced by early European exploration routes.
What are environmental obstacles?
This type of force pulls objects downward toward the center of the Earth.
What is gravity?
Compare these two numbers using greater than (>), less than (<), or equal to (=): 84,521 and 84,251.
What is 84,521 > 84,251?
God making Himself known to us through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition is known by this term.
What is Divine Revelation?
Change the word "goose" from Charlotte’s Web into its irregular plural form.
What is geese?
Early European settlers had to make these modifications to their clothing, housing, and crops to survive in unfamiliar North American ecosystems.
What are environmental adaptations?
In science, this term describes using a force to move an object over a physical distance.
What is work?
Round the number 6,382 to the nearest hundred.
What is 6,400?
The first five books of the Bible, also known as the Torah.
What is the Pentateuch?
In Because of Winn-Dixie, the phrase "the dog smiled" uses a possessive form if we talk about the smile belonging to him. This is how you punctuate the singular possessive form of the word "dog"
What is dog's (d-o-g-apostrophe-s)?
This specific northern colonial region's economy relied heavily on shipbuilding, fishing, and timber due to its rocky soil and long winters.
What are the New England Colonies?
This type of simple machine consists of a flat, sloped surface used to lift heavy loads, like the ramp Wilbur walks up.
What is an inclined plane?
Solve using the standard addition algorithm: 4,532 + 2,719.
What is 7,251?
God gave human beings this special gift, allowing us to choose between right and wrong.
What is free will?
When a character like Opal narrates Because of Winn-Dixie using pronouns like "I," "me," and "my," the book is written in this specific narrative point of view.
What is first-person narrative?
Unlike the religious motives of the Puritans, this was the primary economic motive for founding the Southern Colonies, such as Jamestown.
What is economic profit (or growing cash crops)?
This compound machine is created when you combine a wheel and axle with a rope to lift items out of a well.
What is a pulley?
Solve using the standard subtraction algorithm with regrouping: 5,000 - 1,432.
What is 3,568?
This beloved saint, celebrated in October, is known for his deep love for God's creation, the poor, and animals.
Who is St. Francis of Assisi?